ABU Technical Committee Meeting

21-22 October 2016

Bali, Indonesia
Doc T-16/20-7

STATUS REPORT
Organisation:

Television New Zealand

Period:

2016 ~ 2017

Date of Report:

7 October 2017

PART A
Technical Developments during the past year:

System upgrades/changes to practices for improved quality/efficiency

Enterprise edit system, News studio automation and digital production library
commissioned.

New Services/new projects initiated

New broadcast channel launched Duke.

Research projects

Internet and Mobile Broadcasting Services

Commenced live streaming simulcast of one broadcast channel (Duke).

Radio

Television

Coverage %

DTH100%, DTT87%

Programme
Channels

3 plus 2 +1 (one
hour delayed)

Studios

Transmitters

File based Radio

R/N/D

SDTV

R/N/D

HDTV

R/N/D

UHDTV

R/N/D

HF

R/N/D

MF

R/N/D

FM

R/N/D

TV

R/N/D

Internet Services

R/N/D

Mobile Services

R/N/D

R = Replacement/upgrade
N = New
D = Discontinued

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PART B
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Activities

Area

Brief Details:

Challenges/Problems Faced:

1. Objectives

1. Lack of resources

2. Progress to date

2. Lack of know-how

Solutions Implemented/Type of
assistance requirement from
ABU

3. Others (e.g. up-skilling)

1.

Development
projects/Upgrading
facilities/Training

Television Centre building

refurbished including
Newsroom. (Studio and
playout not included.)

1. Objective: to create a building

for the Digital age

On line / website
consolidation.

1. Objective: to bring Streaming,

On Demand, News and
Programmes into single website.

n/a

2. Completed August 2016.

Progressing as normal.

None required

2. We are at the architecture

stage.

2.

3.

Participation in ABU
Activities

Area

Suggestions for New ABU

Activities e.g. study topic
projects, workshops,
symposiums etc, spectrum
activities, new technology
information flows

Activity 1

Level of Participation

Reasons for not participating (though interested)

ABU activities not seen as commercially imperative by senior executive
when audience, revenue and profit are declining.

Activity 2

Activity 3